MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - D3Football.com has released their 2010 All-Region teams and Millsaps' Will Hawkins has received First Team All-South Region honors.

The SCAC Defensive Player of the Year, Will Hawkins, a 6-2, 230-pound senior linebacker from Nettleton, Miss., led the SCAC in tackles for the second consecutive year. His 117 tackles this season are the ninth-most for a single season in league history and his 84 solo tackles are the third-most. He had double digit tackles in eight of his team's 10 games, including a career-high 21 against DePauw on Oct. 2. Hawkins also finished tied for fifth in the conference with 10.5 tackles-for-loss and added three sacks, two interceptions and one fumble recovery.

A 2009 All-American and two-time all conference selection, Hawkins became just the second SCAC student-athlete to earn Player-of-the-Year honors in two separate sports – excluding cross country and track and field – when he won the 2009 SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year award following his selection as the league's Offensive Player-of-the-Year in baseball in the spring of 2009. 

This is the second year in a row that Hawkins has made the D3Football.com All-South Region First Team.

Fellow Majors Shane Bowser and Michael Galatas were also recognized by the selection commitee. Both were named to the Third Team All-South Region. Both were All-SCAC selections and Galatas was named the Special Teams Player of the Year by the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

All three players will be in consideration for the D3Football.com All-America honors still to be selected.
The full release can be read at D3Football.com